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U.S. Attorney takes oath of office
COLUMBUS — Carter M. Stewart, confirmed by the U.S. Senate two weeks ago, was sworn in Wednesday, Sept. 30, as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. administered the oath of office.
President Barack Obama nominated Stewart on the recommendation of Sen. Sherrod Brown. Stewart replaces Gregory Lockhart, a George W. Bush appointee who resigned earlier this year.
Stewart had been a senior litigation associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus since July 2005. He was recognized as one of Columbus Business First’s Forty Under 40 Leaders to Watch in 2008.
He also received the John Mercer Langston Bar Association’s Emerging Leader Award in 2008, and in 2007 was named by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association as one of ten African-American attorneys to watch nationally.
Before moving to Columbus, Stewart served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California from 2003 until 2005, where he led law enforcement teams investigating gang and drug-related activity. He prosecuted a variety of cases including drug and gun possession, social security fraud, obstruction of justice, environmental crimes, the illegal distribution of steroids to professional athletes, and illegal immigration.
Stewart graduated from Harvard Law School in 1997. He also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Education Policy from Columbia University and received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Stanford University.
After law school, Stewart clerked for the Honorable Robert L. Carter, U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of New York and the Honorable Raymond L. Finch, U.S. District Judge in the District of the Virgin Islands.
Stewart will oversee a staff of 108. The southern district encompasses 48 counties, including the Miami Valley.
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